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Module to calculate Easter dates and dates relative to Easter.
Function to calculate Easter date or date of the event related to Easter.
Field
Purpose
Example argument
1
Year
2024 or 1882
method
Calculation method of the Easter date:
Julianoriginal calculation for Julian calendar
Eastern or Orthodoxoriginal calculation for Julian calendar converted to Gregorian calendar
Western or Roman or Gregorianrevised calculation for Gregorian calendar. This is default method if not given.
Eastern to calculate Easter date in the Orthodox rite.
day
Name of the event related to Easter date or integer number of days before (negative) or after (positive) Easter Sunday. The following days are available by name:
Septuagesima 63 days before Easter – this is the earliest date returned by the function
Sexagesima 56 days before Easter
Fat Thursday 52 days before Easter
Quinquagesima 49 days before Easter, also Estomihi or Shrove Sunday
Shrove Monday 48 days before Easter, also Rose Monday
Shrove Tuesday 47 days before Easter, also Mardi Gras , Carnival or Pancake Day
Ash Wednesday 46 days before Easter
Invocabit Sunday 42 days before Easter
Reminiscere Sunday 35 days before Easter
Oculi Sunday 28 days before Easter
Mothering Sunday 21 days before Easter, also Laetare
Passion Sunday 14 days before Easter
Holy Week 7 days before Easter
Palm Sunday 7 days before Easter
Holy Monday 6 days before Easter
Holy Tuesday 5 days before Easter
Holy Wednesday 4 days before Easter, also Spy Wednesday
Maundy Thursday 3 days before Easter, also Last Supper
Good Friday 2 days before Easter, also Crucifixion
Holy Saturday 1 day before Easter
Easter 0 – neither before nor after – this is default value if not given, also Easter Sunday or Resurrection
Easter Monday 1 day after Easter
Divine Mercy Sunday 7 days after Easter
Misericordias Domini 14 days after Easter
Jubilate Sunday 21 days after Easter
Cantate Sunday 28 days after Easter
Vocem jucunditatis 35 days after Easter
Ascension Thursday 39 days after Easter
Pentecost 49 days after Easter, also Whitsun or Exaudi
Whit Monday 50 days after Easter
Trinity Sunday 56 days after Easter
Corpus Christi 60 days after Easter, also Body and Blood of Christ
Sacred Heart 68 days after Easter
Immaculate Heart 69 days after Easter
49 or interchangeably Pentecost
format
Describes date format in the final output, which is the same as used in #time parser function . Default format is Y-m-d. There is a special value none that prevents from final date formatting.
j xd
{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}2024-03-31
{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern}}2024-05-05
{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|format=[[j xg]]}}31 March {{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|format=[[j xg]]}}5 May {{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|day=Ash Wednesday}}2024-02-14
{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|day=Ash Wednesday}}2024-03-20
{{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|format=[[j xg]] (l)|day=Ash Wednesday}}14 February (Wednesday){{#invoke:Easter|Calculate|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|method=Eastern|format=[[j xg]] (l)|day=Ash Wednesday}}20 March (Wednesday)
